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Henri Matisse. Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (French: [ɑ̃ʁi emil bənwa matis]; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.
In the early 1900s, Matisse established himself as a leader of the Fauvism art movement. [1] Fauvism emphasised a strong use of color and painterly qualities, as opposed to realistic representations found in Impressionist art. In 1912, Matisse visited Tangier, Morocco, where he noted how the locals would be fascinated by goldfish swimming in ...
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. The Open Window, also known as Open Window, Collioure, is a painting by Henri Matisse. The work, an oil on canvas, was painted in 1905 and exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in Paris the same year. It was bequeathed in 1998 by the estate of Mrs. John Hay Whitney to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
40.5 cm × 32.5 cm (15.9 in × 12.8 in) Location. Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen. The Green Stripe (also known as The Green Line or Madame Matisse) is an oil painting from 1905 by French artist Henri Matisse of his wife, Amélie Noellie Matisse-Parayre. The title stems from the vertical green stripe down the middle of Madame Matisse's ...
Henri Matisse, the French artist known for his use of vibrant colors, painted “Dame à la robe blanche (Woman in White)” in 1946, depicting Matisse’s neighbor, the journalist Elvire Van ...
Sideview. The Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence (Chapel of the Rosary), often referred to as the Matisse Chapel or the Vence Chapel, is a small Catholic chapel located in the town of Vence on the French Riviera. It was dedicated to the Dominican Order. [1] The church was built and decorated between 1947 and 1951 under a plan devised by the artist ...
Le bonheur de vivre (The Joy of Life) is a painting by Henri Matisse. Along with Picasso 's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Le bonheur de vivre is regarded as one of the pillars of early modernism. [1] The monumental canvas was first exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants of 1906, where its cadmium colors and spatial distortions caused a public ...
Luxe, Calme et Volupté (French pronunciation: [lyks kalm e vɔlypte]) is a 1904 oil painting by the French artist Henri Matisse. Both foundational in the oeuvre of Matisse and a pivotal work in the history of art, Luxe, Calme et Volupté is considered the starting point of Fauvism. [1] This painting is a dynamic and vibrant work created early ...